Foot-rail bracket



No. 626,214. Patented June 6, I899.

M. BAST.

FOOT RAIL BRACKET.

(Application filed Mar. 29, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MATHEW EAST, OF CANTON, OHIO.

FOOT-RAIL BRACKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 626,214, dated June 6, 1899.

Application filed March 2 9, 1 8 9 9.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MATHEW EAST, a citizen of the United States, residing at Canton, in the county of Stark and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Foot-Rail Brackets; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention has relation to foot rail brackets.

The object of the invention is to provide a bracket of this character for supporting the foot-rail usually arranged in front of bars and by means of which the rail, with its bracket, may be removed, thereby permitting ready access for scrubbing or mopping that part of the floor under the foot-rail and between th foot-rail and the bar.

With this object in View the invention con-j sists in certain features of construction and combination of parts, which will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a bar, illustrating the application of my invention. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal sectional view taken through the bearing-blocks and the bracket. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the front bearingblock.

In the drawings, 1 denotes a bar; 2, the floor; 3, the foot-rail, and at the foot-rail-supporting bracket. This bracket maybe of any of the well-known or approved constructions and is provided with an eye 5 to receive the footerail and has a flat base 6, provided with end extensions '7, the rear one of which fits in a recess in a block 8, secured to the floor, and the other one of which fits in a recess 9 in a block 10, which is also secured to the floor. This block 10, however, is provided with a hinged section 11,' which is adapted to be Serial No. 710,937. (No model.)

locked to an upwardly-projecting stud 12 by any suitable means. This means may consist of a pin 13.

When it is desired to scrub or mop the floor close to the bar, the bracket, with its foot-rail, may be easily and quickly removed by withdrawing the pin and raising the hinged piece, thus enabling the attendant to easily and quickly reach that portion of the floor which it has heretofore been very difficult to clean.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction, operation, and advantages of the device will be readily apparent without requiring an extended explanation.

The device is exceedingly simple, may be made at small cost, and is well adapted for the purpose for which it is designed, and it will of course be understood that various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to Without departing from the principle or sacrificing anyof the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is

The combination of blocks adapted to be secured to the floor, one of said blocks being provided with a recess and the other with a hinged section, and means for locking the hinged section to the fixed section, of a foot-rail bracket having extensions, one to engage the recess of one block and the other to be clamped and retained in position by the hinged section of the other block, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

MATHEW BAST.

Witnesses:

CHARLES BAST, EDWARD BAST. 

